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KEY TECHNOLOGY

CYBER-SHOT Real Imaging Processor – RIMP

S

ony’s exclusive ima

g

e processin

g

system intelli

g

ently enhances your shootin

g

experience in three important ways

:

High Speed Performance

Lightning fast start-up times, high speed image display, faster

b

urst s

h

oot

i

n

g

an

d

s

h

orter s

h

utter

l

a

g

t

i

mes mean t

h

e camera

i

s rea

d

y to

g

o w

h

en you are.

Long Battery Life

R

educes power consumption for longer shooting and viewing

time. Use your camera for longer

.

Great Picture Quality

B

y digitally processing images, the Real Imaging Processor cuts

d

own on

i

ma

g

e no

i

se, resu

l

t

i

n

g

i

n s

h

arper, smoot

h

er an

d

more

d

etailed pictures

.

Real Imaging

Processor chi

p

CYBER-SHOT High ISO Sensitivity

Low light conditions, such as when taking

p

ictures indoors – o

f

ten re

q

uire slower shutter

sp

eeds

f

or the correct ex

p

osure. This o

f

ten

r

esults in blurry photos caused by movement of

th

e camera or t

h

e su

bj

ect w

hil

e t

h

e s

h

utter

i

s

open. That’s why Sony’s new Cyber-shot ran

g

e

use highly sensitive

CC

D’s (High ISO sensitivity)

w

hich allows

f

aster shutter speeds to be used which

g

reatly reduces the

l

ikelihood of blurry photos.

C

ombine this with our state-of-the-art

C

lear Raw

N

oise Reduction which combats noise and

y

ou have an Anti-Blur s

y

stem that

r

educes the occurrence o

f

blurry photos, improves the overall bri

g

htness and

increases the effective range of the flash

.

Low IS

O

H

igh ISO increases flash rang

e

Low I

SO

H

igh I

SO

reduces motion blur

CYBER-SHOT Histogram

A

Histogram helps you determine whether your photo is correctly exposed, even when your L

C

D is in extreme sunlight, by reading the amount of light being

r

eceived by the camera, and convertin

g

this in

f

ormation into a

g

raph. To achieve the best exposure, aim to have an even spread throu

g

hout the li

g

ht ran

g

e,

w

ith both highlights and dark areas represented. No more guesswork

!

Brightness

Bl

a

ck

White

U

n

d

er ex

p

osure

C

orrect ex

p

osure

O

ver ex

p

osur

e

S

mal

l

L

ar

ge

Number of

pixels

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DIGITAL IMAGING